Prof Louise Newman AM: Developmental Trauma
Presentation by Psychiatrist Dr Louise Newman AM
BA Hons., MB BS Hons, PhD, FRANZCP, Cert Child Psych RANZCP
Prof Newman AM presents a presentation on the effects and causations of Developmental Trauma. Some of the topics discussed include:
- The effects of mental health, parenting and transgenerational themes
- Review current understanding of Post Traumatic mental disorders – theories, controversies, intervention models
- Impact of parental trauma history on parenting and relationships with the child – developmental risk and impact on attachment
- Early intervention models and child protection – how should systems respond?
- Risk and resilience – treatment models
About Prof Louise Newman Am
She is recognised as Australia’s lead researcher in the areas of infant and early child mental health, disturbances of early parenting and parent-infant interventions. Prof Newman AM has worked extensively in developing clinical programs for women with backgrounds of complex trauma and mental health issues needing support in the perinatal period and has over 25 years’ experience in women’s mental health.
She is recognised as the leading international expert in the issues facing women with complex trauma disorder in pregnancy and the perinatal period. She is the past Director of the Centre for Women’s Mental Health at the Royal Women’s Hospital. She is currently Consultant Psychiatrist at the Ramsay Clinic Albert Road specialising in women’s mental health and perinatal and infant mental health.
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